Blind steal gone wrong.

[over_c]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (8 handed)

Button ($54)
Hero ($24.50)
BB ($33.45)
UTG ($21.40)
UTG+1 ($24.50)
MP1 ($41.85)
MP2 ($21.50)
CO ($42.55)

Preflop: Hero is SB with J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, CO folds, Button calls $0.50, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to $2</font>, BB folds, Button calls $1.50.

Flop: ($4.50) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets $3</font>, Button calls $3.

Turn: ($10.50) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="CC3333">Button bets $3</font>, Hero ???

The button just limped in so I tried to grab the money pre-flop. Perhaps a raise to $3 would have been more effective. I bet 2/3 of the pot on the flop in a bluff attempt as well, but was called. This made me a little nervous. Should I abandon this hand or take another shot at the pot?

[AZK]

Abandon. It's something that I have a really hard time doing, so much so, that I have posted a sticky note on my monitor with the words "Let it go" because I often find myself trying to buy my way out of pots only to get shown a solid hand. Especially at this level on party, no players are putting moves on you the way they would in a higher limit game. I'd give him credit for hitting the board.